Simple Sophistication
Newport Beach, CA & Gilbert, AZ • Sessions by appointment only
Southern California & Arizona
Orange County ● Phoenix
Those tiny toes, those clenched fists, those sweet puckered lips—newborns are everything sweet and tender; but your baby’s first few months are fleeting. Before you know it, your baby will be wide-eyed and having a hard time sitting still! Beautiful portraits help you hold on to a piece of this newborn phase forever.
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Newborn sessions are done during the week at our studio when your little one is 5-28 days old. We encourage all families to come to the studio where we have tons of props and backgrounds for your new baby!
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In-home sessions are shot in a lifestyle, natural style, and take place in the comfort of your home. We will document your swaddled baby in the nursery with parents and siblings. We will bring a few swaddles in various colors, but please keep in mind we do not bring studio props to your home.
Step one
Newborn sessions can be done as single sessions or combined together for the best value in our Watch Me Grow Collection. Photography products, digital files, and wall collections are purchased separately from your session fee. Please note, session fees are non-refundable.
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Must purchase at minimum - the Simple Digital Collection
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Must purchase at minimum - the Simple Digital Collection
*Please note, digital files & photo products sold separately
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*Add additional milestone sessions during the 1st year (maternity, gender reveal, 3 month or 9 month)
Step two
Newborn digital collections give you the ability to print your own canvases and prints, make your own announcements and create your own albums on your own. Please note the session fee is in addition to this collection.
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Please note the session fee is in addition to this collection.
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Please note the session fee is in addition to this collection.
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Please note the session fee is in addition to this collection.
Step Three
Add professional prints, canvas, albums, and press printed books to your order
The sooner you can get on the calendar, the better. Ideally, you’ll give us a call during your first or second trimester so we can pencil you in for your session somewhere near your due date. Then, when you are ready to go to the hospital, shoot us an email or text letting us know so we can schedule a date and time.
Baby’s photograph best within the first 5-21 days of life. They’re naturally “scrunched up” deep sleepers, and don’t mind being moved around as much. However we can photograph them up to one month old. We typically photograph the newborn session in the morning since your baby’s schedule is a little off at the beginning. We prefer sleeping babies but can work with a baby asleep or awake. Our studio is heated to help keep your little one sleepy.
Be sure to give them a bath and a full feeding before arriving at the studio. We will send you more detailed information once you have booked your session.
This is the only session I cannot guarantee due to travel and certain sessions I cannot move (like weddings). I recommend doing a newborn session over the Fresh 48 because there is more flexibility with scheduling.
We have everything here at the studio. If you have something you would like in the photograph, just let us know, but we have a lot.
We help with posing in the studio and lifestyle sessions. However, the Fresh 48 is captured in documentary style with little to no posing but we do give lots of direction.
Only the Fresh 48 includes digital files in the set price. The session fee is for the photographer’s time and talent only. Digital files and other photography products can be purchased a-la-carte. Jennifer has spent countless hours perfecting her craft by photographing hundreds of babies and attending numerous newborn workshops around the country.
Pick something you love and make that your career. Honestly, that’s kind of what happened.
I never imagined that setting up backdrops, planning themes, making silly noises to get a baby to smile, and celebrating first birthdays would become my job.
But here we are. 🥹
And after all these years, I still get excited watching a theme come together and seeing a little one’s personality shine once they step into the studio.
Because cake smash sessions aren’t really about the cake.
They’re about celebrating a milestone that only happens once.
And getting to be a small part of that never gets old. 🎂
What’s something you could talk about or do all day and never get tired of?
Pelican Hill Resort + a gorgeous sunset + incredible food = an evening I didn’t want to end. 🧡 Had the best time covering this event for ABOG (Dallas, TX). The boho vibes were unmatched and decor was beyond. This is what happens when a great group of people gathers in a beautiful place.
This is just me being sarcastic - but some might be a little true. 😂
Top 5 Horror Movies for a Photographer
• can you send the RAW files
• wind. just. wind
• wearing neon orange at sunset
• the tide is too high
• making videos while being a photographer
The question that starts almost every cake smash conversation:
What themes can we do?
Honestly — almost anything.
But here is what I actually recommend.
Choose something they are into right now. Whatever phase they are in at this exact age. The dinosaurs. The rubber ducks. The princesses. The trucks. The thing they carry everywhere and sleep with and talk about constantly.
Because here is what nobody tells you about cake smash sessions: in ten years that photo is going to show you exactly who your child was at this age. Not just what they looked like. Who they were.
That is worth capturing.
We have a full theme library on our website — but if you do not see something that fits your child we will build it custom. No two sessions have to look the same because no two kids are the same.
For this session we planned everything together from the start. Rubber ducky theme. Portraits first. Then family photos. Then cake.
And before we ever talked about the set — we talked about what she wanted to do with the photos.
She chose an album.
Because digitals are beautiful. But an album is something her daughter will open when she is grown and understand immediately.
What theme are you thinking for your little one? Drop it in the comments — I want to see what phase you are in right now.
Newport Beach and Gilbert AZ. Link in bio. #cakesmash #cakesmashphotographer #cakesmashphotography
DM me BIRTHDAY and let’s start planning yours.
Photography started as something I loved.
I never picked up a camera thinking it would become a business, support my family, introduce me to thousands of incredible people, or still be part of my life 20+ years later.
But somewhere along the way, a hobby became a career.
Then a business.
Then a huge part of my life. 🤍
I’ve photographed weddings, newborns, seniors, families, birthdays, and milestones for people I’ve known for decades.
And honestly?
The greatest part isn’t the photos.
It’s the people.
The families who come back year after year.
The babies who become seniors.
The clients who become friends.
That’s what keeps me showing up every day.
Do you have a hobby you secretly wish could become your full-time job?
Comment LEARN if you’d like to see how I turned photography into a 20+ year business.
Newport Beach, CA & Gilbert, AZ
Session by appointment only
